“What any manager will try to bring to a company first and foremost is an energy and commitment to the business. To try and really roll your sleeves up.” TryingFirstsEnergyCompanyCommitmentManagersSleeves Author:James Murdoch
“Make a total commitment to your company, your job, and your career. Uncommitted people have no future.” PeopleJobsCompanyCareersCommitmentDedicationUncommitted Author:Brian Tracy
“Many of the deficiencies of our economic system could be alleviated if ways were found to broaden the ownership of the means of production... This has happened in some companies through ESOPs. Successful approaches of this sort would pay dividends in terms of employee commitment and morale. And they would not deprive anyone of his present holdings since they are based on future growth.” IfsWayMeanWisdomFoundPoliticsGrowthTermPayCompanyEconomySuccessfulHappenedEconomicApproachCommitmentProductionsLiberalismEmployeeOwnershipDeficiencyEconomic SystemsMoraleDividendsFuture GrowthEsops Author:John D. Rockefeller
“Being an entrepreneur does require commitment. It is hard work, but it is also highly rewarding. So when you can look back and see yourself building a successful company.” LooksDoeHardCompanySuccessfulBuildingHard WorkCommitmentEntrepreneurSuccessful Company Author:Anousheh Ansari
“If joining IBM was commitment, not employment, and the company engaged in something more than business, it had a right to demand of its men unconditional loyalty, Watson believed.” IfsMenBeliefBusinessCompanyDemandCommitmentLoyaltyEmploymentEngagedUnconditionalJoiningWatsonIbm Author:Thomas Watson
“Building a World Class Company is a commitment to the integration of passion, purpose, and practice.” WorldPurposePassionCompanyClassPracticeBuildingCommitmentIntegrationWorld Class Author:Michael Gerber
“Our findings do not represent a quick fix, or the next fashion statement in a long string of management fads, or the next buzzword of the day, or a new 'program' to introduce. No! The only way to make any company visionary is through a long-term commitment to an eternal process of building the organization to preserve the core and stimulate progress.” WayLongNextProcessTermCompanyProgressFashionBuildingFindingsEternalCommitmentProgramOrganizationManagementCoreStatementsPreservesLong TermStringsIntroducingVisionariesFadsQuick FixesFashion Statement Author:James C. Collins
“We paired this announcement of the R&D [commitment] with the so-called Breakthrough Energy Coalition, which is 27 [major investors] saying, "Hey, we'll put significant money into [energy innovations] when they're ready to spin out probably into startup companies."” EnergyCompanyReadyMajorsCommitmentInnovationSignificantHeyInvestorsBreakthroughCoalitionsAnnouncements Author:Bill Gates
“In Liberia, our main obstacle is infrastructure: the lights, the water, the roads. Companies can't operate without those things. And even though we have commitments from our partners, it takes time to turn commitments into cash.” LightTurnsWaterCompanyCommitmentObstaclesPartnersCashTake TimeInfrastructureIt Takes Time Author:Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
“Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.” InspirationalMotivationalSuccessIndividualSportsLeadershipEffortBusinessResponsibilityCompanyGroupsTeamSocietyCivilizationSucceedCommitmentWorking TogetherExecutivesMotivational SportsTeamworkDedicationKey To SuccessRoad To SuccessPersonal ResponsibilityRecipe For SuccessTeam BuildingFootballerVolleyballTeam WorkInspirational TeamBest TeamSports TeamTeam SpiritGreat TeamTeam PlayerTeamwTeam WorkingBuilding A TeamCooperation TeamworkInspirational TeamworkCooperation And TeamworkTeam MemberMotivational TeamworkBasketball TeamworkInspirational Team BuildingWinning TeamImportance Of TeamworkInspirational Football CoachLeadership TeamworkIndividual EffortTeam GoalTeam EffortTeam Work InspirationalGreat TeamworkTeam MotivationalTeam MotivationTeamwork And LoveTeam Building InspirationTeamwork And LeadershipGroup EffortTeam CollaborationUnity And TeamworkTeam Work MotivationalInspiring Team BuildingGreat Team BuildingInspiring TeamworkGreat Team WorkTeamwork In BusinessTeam BondingIndividual WorkCombined EffortIndividual PerformanceGroup Work Author:Vince Lombardi
“By the time I stepped down as Xerox's CEO in 2009 - and as chairman in January 2010 - Xerox had become the vibrant, profitable and revitalized company that it still is today. What made the difference was a strong turnaround plan, dedicated people and a firm commitment from company leaders.” PeopleMadeStillsTodayStrongDifferencesCompanyLeaderPlansCommitmentFirmDedicatedCeoProfitableChairmanJanuaryTurnaroundXerox Author:Anne M. Mulcahy
“I think that Subway has shown their own personal commitment as a company and how they believe in healthy choices.” ThinkingBelieveChoicesCompanyHealthyCommitmentSubwayHealthy Choices Author:Apolo Ohno
“I want to work for a company that contributes to and is part of the community. I want something not just to invest in. I want something to believe in.” WantBelieveCommunityInspiringCompanyCommitmentCharityWant Something Author:Anita Roddick
“Do business managers have a commitment to anything more than the success of their company and to making money? It would be hard to say that they do. Indeed, many business leaders deny that there is any conflict between self-interest and the interests of all.” SelfHardWould BeInterestCompanyLeaderConflictCommitmentDenyManagersMaking MoneySelf InterestBusiness Leaders Author:Peter Singer
“Life insurance became popular only when insurance companies stopped emphasizing it as a good investment and sold it instead as a symbolic commitment by fathers to the future well-being of their families.” WellsFatherCompanyCommitmentInvestmentWell BeingSymbolicInsurance Companies Author:James Surowiecki
“I have never left the company. I keep a tiny residual salary to this day because that's where my loyalty should be forever. I want to be an "employee" on the company data base. I won't engineer, I'd rather be basically retired, due to my family. (talking about his relationship with Apple Inc)” WantShouldLeftCompanyTalkingForeverCommitmentMy FamilyDuesLoyaltyTinyDataApplesEmployeeThis DayEngineersRetiredSalaryResidualApple Inc Author:Steve Wozniak
“Some technologies don't pan out; some companies fail. But I will not walk away from the promise of clean energy. ... I will not cede the wind or solar or battery industry to China or Germany because we refuse to make the same commitment here.” EnergyWalksCompanyTechnologyFailingWindIndustryPromiseCommitmentCleanRefuseChinaGermanyBatteriesClean Energy Author:Barack Obama
“In most cases, preferred supplier contracts contain volume commitments that, if not met, could jeopardize the entire contract and cost the company millions in lost discounts based on nonperformance. This is precisely why compliance with preferred vendors and contracted rates is critical.” IfsLostCompanyMillionsCasesMetsCostCommitmentRateCriticalContractsVolumeComplianceDiscountsSuppliersVendorsJeopardize Author:Jeff Pulver
“You know, when companies who have made a commitment and have legacy costs and all of a sudden want to walk away from that commitment and lay it on the federal government, that's a problem. It's a fiscal problem for us.” KnowsWantMadeProblemGovernmentWalksCompanyCostCommitmentLaysLegacyFederal Government Author:Dennis Hastert